Across the Western Ocean

Oh, the time's are hard and the wage is low

Amelia, where you bound to?

The Rocky Mountains will be my home

Across the Western Ocean

It's a land of plenty, there you'll see

Amelia, where you bound to?

I'm off across the western sea

Across the Western Ocean

We're bound away from friends and home

Amelia, where you bound to?

We're bound away, new lands to roam

Across the Western Ocean

Beware those packet ships, I say

Amelia, where you bound to?

They'll steal your stores and clothes away

Across the Western Ocean

There's Liverpool Pat with his tarpaulin hat

Amelia, where you bound to?

And Yankee Jack that packet rat

Across the Western Ocean

Oh, mother, father, say goodbye

Amelia, where you bound to?

And sisters, brother, don't you cry

Across the Western Ocean